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Gronholm, Maija – 1998
Generally, immersion is carried out in circumstances where children who speak the majority language are taught the minority language. In this way, the security of the language learners is secured in intensive teaching. In Pietarsaari, Finland, an experiment on language immersion has been started, in which minority Finnish children with a…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Finnish, Foreign Countries